A late change has been made to the upcoming UFC 150 card in Denver as Rousimar Palhares has been forced out of his fight with Yushin Okami.

Greg Jackson trained middleweight Buddy Roberts now steps in to face Okami on the show happening on Aug. 11 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Roberts’ manager Ali Abdel Aziz from Dominance MMA confirmed the news via Twitter late Tuesday evening, and also independently confirmed the switch to MMAWeekly.com as well.

Not to kick a man when he's down, especially since I love his skills in the cage, but there is no better poetic justice than Paul Harris suffering knee damage. Even outside of what we've seen in the cage there was this little incident at ADCC 11. Maybe next Kos will pull out of a fight from eye damage or Kongo will pull out from balls damage.

This fight sounds better to me than Okami tentatively trying to jab himself to a decision victory. Roberts might not have Rousimar Palhares's name value or penchant for violent limb breakage, but at least he will allow Okami to work a less passive game.